Cybersecurity Governance in Latin America : States, Threats, and Alliances
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| Title: | Cybersecurity Governance in Latin America : States, Threats, and Alliances |
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| Description: | Explores the effects of the cyber revolution for security in the Americas.Cybersecurity Governance in Latin America discusses how the massification of the Internet has exposed emerging democracies'high-tech vulnerabilities to cyber-attacks and questions why states have decided to introduce policies and legislation facilitating the militarization of cyberspace. Carlos Solar offers a comparative analysis using the cases of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela to help navigate the changing security landscape and the growing risks found in the digital domain. His analysis includes a review of civilian and military preparedness emphasizing the ongoing alliances with the world's superpowers to finally debate what are the side effects for peace and development in the Americas from the current cybersecurity rivalry between the United States and China. Providing a much-needed account of state-technology affairs in the global south Cybersecurity Governance in Latin America challenges scholars and policymakers to rethink the protection of cyberspace to avoid unnecessarily sacrificing rights and freedoms in the name of national security. |
| Authors: | Carlos Solar |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Computer security--Government policy--Latin America--Case studies, Cyberterrorism--Prevention--Government policy--Latin America, Cyberspace operations (Military science), Cyberspace--Security measures--Latin America--Case studies, National security--Latin America--Case studies |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Explores the effects of the cyber revolution for security in the Americas.Cybersecurity Governance in Latin America discusses how the massification of the Internet has exposed emerging democracies'high-tech vulnerabilities to cyber-attacks and questions why states have decided to introduce policies and legislation facilitating the militarization of cyberspace. Carlos Solar offers a comparative analysis using the cases of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela to help navigate the changing security landscape and the growing risks found in the digital domain. His analysis includes a review of civilian and military preparedness emphasizing the ongoing alliances with the world's superpowers to finally debate what are the side effects for peace and development in the Americas from the current cybersecurity rivalry between the United States and China. Providing a much-needed account of state-technology affairs in the global south Cybersecurity Governance in Latin America challenges scholars and policymakers to rethink the protection of cyberspace to avoid unnecessarily sacrificing rights and freedoms in the name of national security. |
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| ISBN: | 9781438491400 9781438491417 9781438491424 |
